Sarah Byrnes

Sarah Byrnes is the Economic Justice Organizer at the Institute for Policy Studies, where she coordinates the Resilience Circle Network. Sarah has worked with Americans for Financial Reform, Americans for Fairness in Lending, the Thomas Merton Center, and the Center of Concern, and she has degrees from Boston College and Harvard Divinity School.

How to win friends and influence the new economy

Loneliness is as strong as smoking or alcohol abuse as an indicator of premature mortality. When Lisa Cook found she had no one to help her put her cat down, she decided to act. She joined a resilience circle: a friendship group that works on new economic principles.

By Sarah Byrnes

/ 26 Aug 2013